Sugar and Molasses Act

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Sugar and Molasses Act of March 1764 was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain (citation 6 Geo II. c. 13), which imposed a tax of sixpence per gallon on molasses in order to make English products cheaper than those from the French West Indies. Largely opposed by colonists, the tax was rarely paid, and smuggling in order to avoid it was prominent. The growing corruption of local officals and disrespect for British Law caused by this act and others like it eventually lead to the American Revolution in 1776.